apprentice angel, faith, god, Jesus, Love - October 06, 2018

Jesus Loves Me, Yes I Know

Yesterday I was hard at work when I began to hear a piece of music in my head. I wrote it out as a quintet -- two flutes, bass viol, contrabass and piano. As I entered it into a computer interface, I heard words in the music. I wrote them down too. The music will be made available when I have finished polishing it. Here are the words. I am sorry the computer will only show them double-spaced -my blog software skips a line after every hard return, so it apparently thinks each line of a poem is a new paragraph.

Jesus Loves Me, Yes I Know (based on “The Vision of Enoch,” in Szekely’s The Gospel of the Essenes)

Jesus loves me, yes I know,

He loves me when He speaks to me,

Loves me when my hopes are low,

Bringing what I seek to me.

Jesus loves me, so I know

He will not abandon me,

Walk beside me where I go,

Whatever distance calls to me.

Travel far, adventurous heart,

Until the sun I chase is setting slowly,

Then return to who I was;

Christ is still there waiting for me –

Christ is still waiting for me.

I spoke to you when you were born, my son;

Be still, and know that I am God.

I speak to you in stars;

I am God.

I spoke to you in your first play,

Be still, and know that I am God –

And your fulfillment was My pay.

Be still, and know that I am God.

I spoke to you when you were wed,

And godly was the life you led.

Be still, be still, be still, know I am God.

I spoke to you when your house fell,

I gave you Mine to live in well,

Be still, be still, and know the house of God.

I spoke to you when you were lost,

And you were lost no more –

Be still, be still my child, know I am God.

I spoke to you when you were sad,

And sadness left your door.

Be still, be still, be still, be still, my child – know I am God.